In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Add preempt_count_{sub,add} into btf id deny list
The recursion check in __bpf_prog_enter* and __bpf_prog_exit*
leave preempt_count_{sub,add} unprotected. When attaching trampoline to
them we get panic as follows,
[ 867.843050] BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at 0000000009d325cf (stack is 0000000046a46a15..00000000537e7b28)
[ 867.843064] stack guard page: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 867.843067] CPU: 8 PID: 11009 Comm: trace Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.2.0+ #4
[ 867.843100] Call Trace:
[ 867.843101]
[ 867.843104] asm_exc_int3+0x3a/0x40
[ 867.843108] RIP: 0010:preempt_count_sub+0x1/0xa0
[ 867.843135] __bpf_prog_enter_recur+0x17/0x90
[ 867.843148] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x2e/0x1000
[ 867.843154] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1/0xa0
[ 867.843157] preempt_count_sub+0x5/0xa0
[ 867.843159] ? migrate_enable+0xac/0xf0
[ 867.843164] __bpf_prog_exit_recur+0x2d/0x40
[ 867.843168] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x55/0x1000
...
[ 867.843788] preempt_count_sub+0x5/0xa0
[ 867.843793] ? migrate_enable+0xac/0xf0
[ 867.843829] __bpf_prog_exit_recur+0x2d/0x40
[ 867.843837] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 0000000099bd8228 (stack is 00000000b23e2bc4..000000006d95af35)
[ 867.843841] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 000000005ae07924 (stack is 00000000ffd69623..0000000014eb594c)
[ 867.843843] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 00000000028320f0 (stack is 00000000034b6438..0000000078d1bcec)
[ 867.843842] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x55/0x1000
...
That is because in __bpf_prog_exit_recur, the preempt_count_{sub,add} are
called after prog->active is decreased.
Fixing this by adding these two functions into btf ids deny list.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
- EG Severity
- Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-26). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it